Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The state of being specific, or of having a specific character or relation; specific affinity, cause, origin, or effect; specificness.
Wiktionary
- n. The state of being specific rather than general.
- n. statistics The probability, in a binary test, of a true negative being correctly identified.
- n. medicine The extent to which a particular diagnostic test is specific for a given condition.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the quality of being specific to a particular organism
- n. the quality of being specific rather than general
Etymologies
- From specific + -ity. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Sakmann discovered how this specificity is accomplished.”
“I agree that gender-specificity is a narrowing, and I think that your hypothesis of 'not in front of the ...' is useful.”
“Wigfield, Guthrie, Tonks, & Perencevich (2004) wrote about “the nature and domain specificity of reading motivation.””
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“And there's the brilliant way to explain specificity numbers with Stormtroopers and Emperors:”
“What I'm hoping to do though is to ground my extrapolations in specificity, and to make sure that the story I tell is deliberately and honestly told.”
“Since sequence specificity is at the heart of any causal explanation for coding conventions, separate explanations, distinct from causes related to the physical medium i.e. computer hardware or biochemical elements, must be forthcoming to deal with the larger issues raised by Meyer.”
“Generalizations can be funny, but specificity is better.”
“A lack of causal specificity is a primary complaint I have against OOL.”
“Bradford: A lack of causal specificity is a problem for OOL.”
“A lack of real specificity is the more important theme of the controversy.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘specificity’.
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BUDG - general terms
Budgetese - not a sexy topic but a very comprehensive list of words and collocations used in EU circles. Budgeting experts please comment and expand.
heading, across-the-board ..., emergency reserve, frontload, mopping-up, performance reserve, positive margin, negative margin, public finances, structural operat..., administrative ex..., management of EU ... and 657 more...
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EN - academic vocabulary
Use these and get promoted
abandon, abandonment, abnormally, abstract, abstraction, abstractly, abstracts, academia, academic, academically, academics, academies and 3119 more...
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ECON - economic policy instruments
Towards a European banking union and common economic policy. Terms still warm and crispy from the corridors of legislation (summer 2012).
umbrella fund, Basel I & II, financial transac..., Keynesian reflati..., Lamfalussy procedure, Lamfalussy process, Solvency I & II, Tobin tax, carousel sanctions, prudential oversight, redemption fund, bail-in and 489 more...
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SCIE - statistics
a priori probability, Abbe-Helmert crit..., absolute error, absolutely unbias..., accuracy, ACF, affinity, AIC, algorithm, allometry, alphabet, anomic and 4171 more...
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Awkward-Sounding Words
smock, awkward, specificity, hobbledehoy, kitthoge, stroppy, loobily, ambisinistrous, botcherly, tintinnabulation, megalophonous, bosthoon and 7 more...
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National Library Agenda Summit
nla2006, summit, agenda, library, ala, diversity, education, learning, continuous, scan, environmental, plan and 646 more...
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mager's Words
enigmatic, pragmatic, pulchritudinous, nincompoop, annihilation, sociality, entailment, acrosome, egalitarian, culture, technocracy, shenanigan and 541 more...
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kat's words
ecumenical, cacophony, clatter, marimba, bamboo, saffron, slice, mercurial, pomegranate, cranky, slipshod, scritch and 511 more...
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slumry's Words
cattywampus, ingratiate, lackadaisical, exactitude, exfoliate, fulminate, circumnavigation, circuitous, debride, sidle, sequester, chicory and 1002 more...
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My GRE
concomitant, mendacity, corollary, mandate, ascertain, exacerbate, substantiate, perennial, exemplify, hegemony, acrimonious, repertoire and 653 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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mandarine's Words
antepenultimate, metonymy, synecdoche, pop, kern, inherit, clique, scrumptious, macerate, murmur, kerning, veranda and 1068 more...
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SAT Words Appearing More Than Once on...
A list of 166 words that have appeared more than once on official SAT exams. Based on Gruber's SAT Word Master list.
abolish, abridge, abstemious, accent, accented, accolade, acquiesce, affirmation, amass, ambivalence, ambivalent, ambulatory and 154 more...
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sarahatlee's Words
pants, nekkid, schadenfreude, unseasonably, illicit, glaswegian, cripes, futz, drawers, scupper, coulrophobic, redacted and 254 more...
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some of my favorites
some of my favorite words
tintinnabulation, lascivious, ontology, chthonic, eldritch, squamous, verity, specificity, euphony, cacophony, therianthrope, morbidity and 157 more...
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vnilla's Words
mellifluous, lackadaisical, effervescent, languorous, lilting, juxtapose, coalesce, desideratum, fey, intrinsic, languid, luminous and 134 more...
Tweets
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bilby Scroll down to the third one. Sep 9, 2009